Broncos To Rock Stadium On Weekends

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THE Broncos requests have been answered with both a Saturday and Sunday home game at Suncorp Stadium locked in to a 2014 NRL draw containing a stack of blockbuster matches in Brisbane next season.

While the first five home games for the Broncos will be on a Friday, starting with the Cowboys in round two and including an Anzac Day meeting with the Rabbitohs, two huge clashes have been locked in for weekend days.

The Broncos will host Daly Cherry Evans and huge rivals Manly on Sunday afternoon June 1 at a Suncorp Stadium certain to be awash with families.

And then a massive crowd will converge on the stadium on the Saturday night of July 19 when the New Zealand Warriors come to town.

In wonderful news for Broncos members, the club has not been given a Monday night home game in todays release, after two of them this year resulted in a crowd downturn.

After the Broncos open their home season against North Queensland on March 14, they will then receive visits from defending premiers the Roosters (Friday, March 21) and from the Eels and former back Corey Norman on Friday, April 4.

The Anzac Day battle against the Rabbitohs part of an Anzac triple header across three States will follow on April 25, with a huge local derby set for Friday May 16 against the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium.

Then comes the Sunday home game against the Sea Eagles on June 1 before the Sharks travel north to Brisbane on Friday June 27.

The Broncos first Saturday home game in years comes against the Warriors on July 19, with an absolute blockbuster against the Storm six days later at Suncorp Stadium.

The only teams not visiting Suncorp Stadium next year are the Raiders, Panthers and Tigers, with the Broncos final three home game dates against the Bulldogs, Knights and Dragons to be set when the closing six rounds of the competition are released in June.

We are very pleased with the outcome this draw provides our members and fans, said Broncos chief executive Paul White this morning.

The two Monday night games we hosted last year were certainly inconvenient for our members and the crowd numbers reflected that.

We were aware we would receive a proportion of Friday games but had requested some weekend matches.

The NRL has responded with locking in at least one Sunday afternoon and at least one Saturday night for next year.

There may be more Saturdays and Sundays when the last six rounds of the competition are released down the track.

We think what we have received today provides a good balance of different game days and will please our members and fans alike.